General Terms

While Copernicus Publications welcomes any original scientific work for publication, we expect that:

• the work submitted for publication has not been published before, except in the form of an abstract or proceedings-type publication (including electronic preprints and discussion papers), or as part of a published lecture or thesis, and that it is not under consideration for peer-reviewed publication elsewhere;
• its publication has been approved by all author(s) and, tacitly or explicitly, by the responsible authorities and/or the institutes where the work has been carried out;
• if and when the manuscript is accepted for peer-reviewed publication, it may be re-used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0  License but not submitted for peer-reviewed publication elsewhere;
• the authors have secured the right to reproduce any material in his/her/their work that has already been published elsewhere;
• the authors agree with the License and Copyright Agreement;
• the authors agree with the Service Charges valid on the date of manuscript submission (receipt of electronic files);
• the authors agree and have obeyed the General Obligations for Authors;
• with regard to the evaluation of manuscripts, the editors and the referees will follow their guidelines as summarized in the General Obligations for Editors and the General Obligations for Referees.
• The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, etc., in the articles of this journal, even if not specifically identified, does not imply that these names are not protected by the relevant laws and regulations.
• While the advice and information in this journal is believed to be true and accurate at the date each article is published, neither the authors, the editors, nor Copernicus Publications can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. Copernicus Publications makes no warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein.